How to Decide Whether an IT Issue Needs an Incident or a Service Request

An issue can be delayed or routed incorrectly when staff cannot distinguish service disruption from a routine request. Clear classification improves response and reporting.

What to check

Review examples such as outages, access requests, device setup, security concerns, and degraded performance. Check business impact and whether normal service is interrupted.

Recommended next step

Use simple definitions, escalation examples, and periodic review of misclassified tickets. Informatix Systems can improve IT support processes and service management.